VIDEO: Coast Guard rescues Clearwater boater after vessel catches fire

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The United States Coast Guard lifted a Florida boater to safety off the coast of Clearwater after his fishing boat caught fire.

The helicopter crew located the boater on a life raft near the burning boat in two to four-foot seas at 5:46 p.m., the USCG said in a press release.

Footage from the USCG Southeast shows the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisting the boater onto the rescue helicopter…

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